The Creation of Organizational Knowledge

Seirafi, Kasra

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-34194-6_4

Cited by 2 publications

(1 citation statement)

References 13 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Yet MoD is predominantly used as black box in both the research stream on ambidexterity and on continuous innovation. Black boxing is a process in knowledge creation that helps to turn possibilities into ‘a temporarily stabilized distinctive concept which can be interpreted, used, applied, and instrumentalized’ (Seirafi, 2013, p. 81) Thus, a black‐boxed concept works through the principle of ‘making manifest while hiding’ (Patriotta, 2003, p. 181). The elements of a construct and their connections, interactions and relationships in the black box can then be ‘treated as a simple input/output device that performs in accordance with a clear and unambiguous set of specifications’ (Kaghan & Bowker, 2001, p. 258).…”

Section: Operationalizing the Management Of Dualities: Opening A Blac...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Opening a black box: The moderating effect of managing dualities on the relation between explorative and exploitative activities and business performance in manufacturing firms

2021

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Research on ambidexterity and continuous innovation predominantly assumes a positive relationship between ambidextrous behaviour and business performance in manufacturing firms. Scholars agree that this positive effect is moderated by the firm's capability in aligning explorative and exploitative activities through the management of dualities (MoD). Direct empirical evidence for this relationship is yet still missing, with the management of dualities (MoD) being treated as a black-boxed construct. In this article, we open this black box by defining the elements of the MoD construct as connectedness, involvement, coordination and strategic alignment. We then test the assumption that MoD moderates the relationship between exploitative and explorative activities and business performance with data from a survey with 188 manufacturing firms. We find different direct and moderating effects for connectedness, involvement and coordination over business performance, but not for strategic alignment. Based on our analysis, we present a differentiated first explorative picture of the choices, benefits and trade-offs associated with managing dualities in manufacturing firms.

show abstract

Section: Operationalizing the Management Of Dualities: Opening A Blac...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Opening a black box: The moderating effect of managing dualities on the relation between explorative and exploitative activities and business performance in manufacturing firms

2021

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

The School Manager and the Use of Knowledge Management Practices for Structuring Organizational Processes

Periotto

Wessellenns

2018

Preprint

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Knowledge management gains space within the school organization and can contribute satisfactorily to the quality of teaching. In everyday life the school manager intuitively uses knowledge management practices without exploiting the potentials they offer or allow. In this context, the purpose of this work is to identify the level of implementation of knowledge management practices aimed at structuring the organizational processes used by the public school manager. The methodology adopted was exploratory, with a qualitative and quantitative approach. For data collection, an already validated instrument with twenty-seven questions was used. Respondents to the questionnaires, one hundred and eleven managers of the basic education schools that make up the public school system in a city in the northwestern region of Paraná, Southern Brazil. In analyzing the results, it was only at this point that we investigated only those practices that were related to the structuring of organizational processes. This decision is justified because of the responsibilities of the school manager in the execution of his work. The results indicated that the school in its daily life, makes use of practices of Knowledge Management related to the structuring of the organizational processes and that many are already applied by the managers.

show abstract

The Creation of Organizational Knowledge

Cited by 2 publications

References 13 publications

Opening a black box: The moderating effect of managing dualities on the relation between explorative and exploitative activities and business performance in manufacturing firms

Opening a black box: The moderating effect of managing dualities on the relation between explorative and exploitative activities and business performance in manufacturing firms

The School Manager and the Use of Knowledge Management Practices for Structuring Organizational Processes

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About